Hearing this, everyone was silent, just bowing their heads and walking forward.

Frost's strength they had already seen, and it seemed that this kind of battle, which could cost them their lives, would have to happen all over again in a short time......

The ring-shaped forest of bones was only about five kilometers wide, and the location of their attack was almost in the middle of the forest, so a huge gap appeared after being eroded by Cynthia's void elemental magic, like a bagel that had been bitten.

Since everything as far as the eye can see is empty, there is no need to worry about someone ambushing, so several people act unscrupulously. Around two o'clock in the afternoon, the six men had already arrived outside the third round.

The structure of this circular arena is quite distinctive. The wall is about 50 meters high and is divided into two levels, the upper one is solid, and the lower one has dozens of arches of similar size. The walls are made of gray-white granite, which is quite old, and many places have been peeled off due to rain erosion, and they look a little broken, and even collapse if you push hard.

Frey led the way into one of the doorways. Strangely, though, as soon as he stepped in, the arch disappeared.

"It seems that a door allows one person to enter?" Alan guessed. Scanning a little more to either side, he saw that there was another arch that Frey had entered, which had disappeared.

"Someone has already arrived early?" Alan was a little surprised. The strength of their six-man squad was definitely the best in the field, and after experiencing the horrors of the Bone Forest firsthand, he was sure that even if they were there for a little longer, they would be the first to arrive here.

But now someone got here one step ahead of them......

"What is sacred?" he thought of this, and quickly found an arch and got in.

This road was not long, and it only took a few dozen steps for him to step into the field.

It's an open-air arena. The lowest level is the archway, and above the extended part is a circle of seats, on which there are already people sitting upright, dressed in the uniforms of the Krivary Magical Management Society, presumably the proctors of the third round.

In the center of the arena stood a lone figure, hooded and with his back to them. Looks like he's been waiting here for a long time.

I don't know when it started, but the sky has begun to be cloudy. The sun disappeared without a trace, and the wind rose.

Alan took a deep breath and walked forward, and the figures of the other five people also appeared through the corridor, and it seemed that all six of them had successfully advanced to this round.

"Who could it be?" thought Alan as he walked. Being the first to reach the finish line showed that this person's strength was quite strong, but he couldn't think of anyone other than Frey and Cynthia who could do it.

"You're here. As Alan was about to walk behind the man, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Ivan!" Alan was a little surprised, "it's you!"

Even though it was just a few words, Alan clearly recognized who it was.

The man slowly turned around, revealing half of his face. Indeed, one of their roommates who has been living with them for more than a year, Ivan Laven.

Although Alan knew early on that Ivan might appear in the third round and cause him trouble, he didn't expect him to be the first of them all.

"I never thought that you and he would not only be safe and sound, but would be able to come out of that forest alive. Ivan glanced at Allen, and then immediately turned his gaze back to Riel.

"Sure enough, you did it!" Rare wanted to rush over when he heard this, "You've been inciting me to go against him, and now you want to kill me too!"

But Alan grabbed him just in time.

"Huh...... Kill you? huh...... You can say the same thing......" Ivan raised his head slightly, revealing the part above the bridge of his nose, stared at Eren and said, "However, rather than killing you directly, I want to see if someone's special constitution is really as described in the rumors...... Noble, pure, and never polluted......"

Alan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that something was wrong...... This tone, and this look......

"Your eyes ......" Alan was taken aback after taking a serious look at Ivan and shouted loudly, "You are not Ivan!"

Ivan's right eye was eerily dark and familiar......

"It's that eye!" Alan chuckled inwardly, blurting out two steps back.

"Oh, you're seeing it so quickly......" Ivan lowered the brim of his hat and shifted his gaze to Alan's legs, "It's a good observation, it's not for nothing that Frost will die at your hands." ”

"You ......" Allen's heart beat harder, and he couldn't help but clench his wand and stare at him, "You're Burrestu...... Arne Béresto!"

"Oh, you already know that I exist?" said Ivan, "I haven't heard that name from anyone else in a long time...... It's so nostalgic......"

"Sure enough...... You're ......," the others pulled out their wands when they heard the name.

"Still, you're a little mistaken...... This body doesn't deserve my name yet. The corners of Ivan's mouth hooked up, I don't know if he was laughing, "He's my puppet at best, one of many." ”

"Puppet...... What did you do to Ivan!?"

"What a strange question. Ivan smiled again and said, "Is it your special physique that is causing trouble, or are you born to be such a person......

Alan looked at him with some puzzlement.

"He is the one who opposes you everywhere, the one who hates you to the core, and the one who really kills you...... But you still have the heart to worry about his safety?" Ivan laughed, "He took the initiative to give this body to me, along with his equally dark heart......"

Several people couldn't help but take a few steps back when they heard this, keeping their distance from him.

Alan wanted to debunk Ivan's identity and ask for help from the proctors in the stands, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up...... Although the person they were talking to was Bresto, the body was Ivan's...... No one would believe that an ordinary student is a criminal who has disappeared for more than ten years......

And after he looked up, he suddenly realized that the atmosphere in this venue was so weird......

Since they've been here, they haven't heard any staff explain the rules of the third round to them, and no one has even announced that they've advanced......

The silence was heavy and terrifying......